Kieran Shannon: Forget Dublin v Kerry, Cork v Meath is the standout blue blood game next weekend

Sunday’s game against Meath is so big for Cork. Even bigger than when the sides met in the championship last May in Navan.

STANDOUT GAME: Meath's Jordan Morris with Ian Maguire of Cork. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

It’s a question no generation of GAA supporter, certainly one from Cork, would ever have asked itself before: if you had a choice between beating a certain county in the league or beating them in the championship later in the year, which would you take?

For well over a century, it wasn’t even an article of faith as an unquestioned assumption that any championship match trumped any league match in terms of significance.